Medicaid

Politics & Government

5:00 am

Wed November 20, 2013

State health officials say glitches are being worked out in the new Medicaid claims processing system called NCTracks.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos and other health officials testified before lawmakers in a day-long oversight session Tuesday.

Health care providers have complained that they’re not being reimbursed for services rendered to Medicaid patients. Some state lawmakers said they think health officials are getting things back on track.

Politics & Government

9:22 am

Tue October 22, 2013

Governor Pat McCrory has again defended North Carolina's new voting law during a talk at a leading conservative think tank.

McCrory spoke at an event Monday hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington. He stood behind the state's new voting rules, which require a photo ID at the polls, pointing out that 32 other states have similar laws. He also criticized attorney general Roy Cooper for speaking out against the law.

Health

6:27 am

Thu May 23, 2013

The state Auditor has found that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services did not fully test a new computer system.

The DHHS system was installed to start processing Medicaid claims beginning in July. Beth Wood's audit found that the nearly $500 million computer system was not put through all of its paces. The report raises questions about the software and its ability to handle Medicaid claims paid by the state that exceed $12 billion.

Mon May 6, 2013

Gov. Pat McCrory gave a national audience a glimpse into reforms he wants to implement in North Carolina. He delivered this past weekend's GOP response to President Obama's weekly address.

McCrory criticized what he called Washington's "weak leadership" and urged national lawmakers to give more flexibility and accountability to states. He says he needs that kind of freedom to implement a different approach to Medicaid reform.

Health

4:35 pm

Wed April 3, 2013

Governor Pat McCrory has announced a plan that could privatize the state's Medicaid program that serves low-income people.

The state will hold a competitive bidding process for three big managed-care providers to deliver medical, mental and dental services to patients. Governor McCrory says the plan will help streamline the delivery of Medicaid services.

North Carolina’s Republican Lawmakers are sticking by conservative principles early in Gov. Pat McCrory’s first term. Last week, he signed legislation cutting unemployment benefits. The move was an attempt to pay back debt owed the federal government earlier.

And this week, legislators voted for and sent along a piece of legislation that would reject a federal option to expand Medicaid.